USA & Canada Intelligence Brief for Tuesday: Prime Minister Carney defends his economic record and avoids the word recession as Poilievre attacks; falling oil is now the real threat to the loonie ahead of the June 10 rate decision; Wall Street pulls back after Monday's record highs.

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre accused Prime Minister Mark Carney on Monday of avoiding accountability after recent data showed the Canadian economy contracted…

Prime Minister Mark Carney faced criticism on Monday for his leadership of Canada's economy after figures showed it entered into what economists call a technical recession.